Video: 'Duck Soup' trailer
(Friday, November 17, 1933) — Duck Soup, a Marx Brothers anarchic comedy film about the mythical country of Freedonia which is broke and on the verge of revolution, was released today in U.S. theaters.
Directed by Leo McCarey, the film starred Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern, Raquel Torres and Edgar Kennedy.
Video: '1980 Floor Show'
(Saturday, November 17, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EDT) — David Bowie’s first TV special The 1980 Floor Show, the first appearance of Bowie since his much publicized retirement on July 3, 1973, at the Hammersmith Odeon and his last appearance as “Ziggy Stardust,” aired tonight on NBC.
Video: 'Soviet Russia Recognized by US 1933/11/20'
(Thursday, November 16, 1933, 11:50 p.m. EST) — The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations tonight as President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a telegram to the Soviet leader Maxim Litvinov, expressing hope that United States-Soviet relations would “forever remain normal and friendly.” Continue reading United States and Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations 80 years ago this hour (1933)
Video: 'Skylab 4 Part 2 CBS News Coverage of Launch' (launch at 10:19)
(Friday, November 16, 1973, 9:01:23 EST; part of NASA’s Skylab program) — Three rookie American astronauts rocketed safely into orbit this morning to start man’s longest space voyage, an 84-day “holiday cruise” aboard the Skylab space station. It was the third and final manned mission to the station.
Video: 'The Fireman - Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest' (nine-video playlist)
(Monday, November 15, 1993) — Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, an ambient techno album by The Fireman, a duo consisting of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and producer Youth, who is best known as a member of Killing Joke and the Orb, was released today in the UK (it would be released in the U.S. on Feb. 14, 1994).
Video: 'Paul McCartney The New World Tour In Japan 1993' (soundcheck/concert highlights from Nov. 14-15, 1993)
(Monday, November 15, 1993) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed the third show of the Asia leg of his The New World Tour tonight at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Continue reading Paul McCartney performs in Tokyo again 20 years ago tonight (1993)
Video: 'Strauss Don Quixote op.35 - Bernstein - NYP 1943'
(Sunday, November 14, 1943, 3:00 p.m. EWT) — Leonard Bernstein, 25, made his public debut today as conductor of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Bernstein filled in at the last minute for Bruno Walter, who became sick prior to a nationally broadcast concert on CBS radio.
Video: 'Princess Anne marries Mark Phillips' (parts 1-5)
(Wednesday, November 14, 1973, 12:30 p.m. GMT) — Britain’s Princess Anne married Mark Phillips, a lieutenant in the 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards, at Westminster Abbey in London in a ceremony that was televised around the world, with an estimated audience of 100 million.
Video: 'Paul McCartney The New World Tour In Japan 1993' (soundcheck/concert highlights from Nov. 14-15, 1993)
(Sunday, November 14, 1993) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed the second show of the Asia leg of his The New World Tour tonight at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Continue reading Paul McCartney performs in Tokyo 20 years ago tonight (1993)
Video: 'Every Night Tokyo Dome November 12, 1993' (soundcheck)
(Friday, November 12, 1993) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney opened the Asia leg of his The New World Tour tonight at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
